Hi deborah. Hi kathy its nice to meet you. I enjoyed your book. Thank you. Lets start this interview talking about you but also like the audience to hear the story which honestly frankly is in your introduction. You got a note from a professor he would never be a political scientist. Can you say more about that . [laughter] when i was in college i struggled with what i wanted to major in and i was torn between science and humanities or social sciences. I finally decided on social science with First Political science course we will read all of the philosophers and they all ask the question what is justice and how can you organize government and society to make life better for people particular lead to make justice . I decided to may become a Political Science major i he had a lack of confidence in my skills as a social scientist because i didnt get very good grades in those courses i got good grades in my science and math courses so it was a dilemma so i took this Political Science cour
It was fourth of july weekend of 2017 and i was six months into my activism of trying to warn america about the threat from internet platforms like facebook. And i realized i needed to find a way to go to washington, d. C. And didnt know anyone. And a friend said you need to meet barry so as it happened, he was in new england for the fourth of july weekend and so was i, so we met at a hotel in boston and at this point, im terrified because i had been watching all the things that happened in 2016 and im beginning to get the sense that facebook and other internet platforms are so big that theres nothing we can do and hes got the hair, the tie, the suit, he sits back and proceeds to explain we will control these guys by bringing back antitrust law. At that point i had spent the better part of four years and antitrust was defunct. He says no you just have to believe in miracles. He said we are going to get back and restore capitalism in america. Im looking at him and i think that he is fro
Crucial moment in American History . We will ask a facebook early investor, as we kick off our electioneering series, where Technology Makes democracy. Preipof airbnb has plans to benefit investors. What could be the largest listing in the u. S. Of the year. I want to get you todays selloff. The vix index up a whopping 18 . Abigail doolittle in new york. Sentiment seems to be souring as we get closer to the election and cases pick up. What was driving the volatility today . Abigail many factors at work today, and you are right, there was a lot of volatility. The complacency that we felt like we had four, lets call it a few weeks, although it has been broken with the vix daca above 30. One of the drivers in the european session, the s p, a german enterprise suffer company down not just for the rest of these are but the first half of 2021, saying it will eat into their demands, that calls into question the overall i. T. Are we going to go into a period with the competitors to sap, and or
The only stocks that are doing well right now, some of the reopening trades and some of the big laggers for the year like cruises and airlines and some retailers still in the Green Energy Stocks also outperforming. Is this the start of a serious correction or a buy the dip opportunity were diving into that debate. 59 minutes left of trade 59 minutes of of this roller coaster session. Lots of guests as well the market pulls back. Well speak with three ceos that got insight into the state of the consumer, their spending and recovery in america. The ceo of campbells soup will join us on the back of had his companys Earnings Results that stock down 7 right now plus, well get two reeds on the beaten down travel sector with glenn fogel and mark hopelinger. Well speak with nick clegg about the new policies surrounding the election looking forward to that one. Lets get straight to our top story of the day the market selloff Mike Santelli has more on the major market pull back. A big pluflush o
President trump says hes only willing to go as high as 1. 5 trillion. Signs of the pandemic getting more prominent. The u. K. Reporting a Record Number of virus cases today. With more on how it is playing into the markets, Abigail Doolittle in new york. Tech shares going back and forth but tech leading the way out of the red. Walk us through the day. Abigail another amazing one, but probably more so than a reason days because of the whiplash. The nasdaq 100 at the lows early on, down 1. 1 . It was at one point, up nearly 2 . Just about flat and then closing higher by about 6 10 of 1 . What that volatility tells you on the day, the week, the month and on the year uncertainty. No one knows. When you have firm control from the buyers or the sellers that you can make the case between february and march, the sellers were on control around the uncertainty around the pandemic. The buyers took control but on the year, just about flat for the s p 500. It is a real stalemate as we go into the el